MLHS Markyate Local History Society

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Markyate's Past is the society's journal, which is published once a year.

So far 17 editions have been published. All editions, except numbers 1, 2, 6 and 8, are in stock.

Click here for our Publications Order Form in Adobe Acrobat format.

The International Standard Serial Number for the journal is ISSN 0963-3901.

Details of each edition are given below.

Number 17, published May 2008 contains articles on:

  • Markyate Doctors and their Redbourn pupil
  • Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1933
  • Barry and Edith Pittar and the Markyate Pottery
  • Men of Markyate commemorated on the War Memorial
  • Markyate Census 1861 - the Caddington part
  • More on the Humbershoe 1861 Census

Number 16, published May 2007 contains articles on:

  • Charlie Goss
  • Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1926
  • Dan Norwood Sharman and Joyce Hall
  • Memories of the Methodist Chapel
  • Sebright School, Cheverells Green
  • Humbershoe 1861 Census

Number 15, published May 2006 contains articles on:

  • Markyate Gas Works Chronology
  • The Markyate Motor Accident 1906
  • Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1918
  • The Foulerton Charity

Number 14, published 2005 contains articles on:

  • Markyate Gas Works
  • First Hit and Run Accident 1905
  • Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1910
  • Markyate Census transcription for 1901 - The west side

Number 13, published 2004 contains articles on:

  • St John The Baptist Church
  • Some notes on the History of Markyate Schools
  • An update on the 19th Century School Academies
  • Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire 1902
  • Markyate Census transcription for 1901 - The east side

Number 12, published 2003, contains articles on:

  • The Honourable Frederick Cavendish
  • Problems with the 1901 Markyate Census
  • The Pest House on Caddington Common
  • Field Walking on Caddington Common
  • Maureen Sweetmans' Early Memories

Number 11, published 2001, contains articles on South Markyate in Victorian Times:

  • Introduction
  • The Flamstead Tithe Awards 1838
  • Many maps with detailed descriptions
  • New Town
  • New Schools
  • Markyate Gas Works

Number 10, published 2000, contains articles on:

  • Impressions and Memories of Markyate
  • Kelly's Directory for Bedfordshire 1890
  • Markyate in the Seventeenth Century
  • The Sale of Miss Morisons' Properties 1880
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 6
  • The Coppin Charities, Part 1
  • OS26 Boundary Maps 1873

Number 9, published 1999, contains articles on Humbershoe parish in the 1850s:

  • The name Humbershoe
  • Setting the Scene
  • The 1851 Census for Humbershoe
  • The Humbershoe Tithe Awards 1853
  • Details of the High Street area and Manor Farm
  • The Field Map
  • New Street

Number 8, published 1998, contains articles on the Pickfords of Markyate:

  • Family Tree
  • Pickford's Carrier Business
  • Thomas Pickford
  • James Pickford
  • Matthew Pickford
  • The Wheeldons
  • The Seabrookes
  • Pickfords' Lands around Markyate

Number 7, published 1997, contains articles on:

  • Thomas Telfords Surveys of the Holyhead Road
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 5
  • History, Topography and Directory of Bedfordshire 1862
  • Markyate's Population
  • Notes and Queries
  • The Straw Trade 1871, Part 1

Number 6, published Winter 1995/6, contains articles on:

  • The Road Names of Markyate, Part 4
  • Smallpox Epidemic at Markyate
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 4
  • The Hundred of Dacorum
  • Post Office Directory 1850
  • Memories
  • Beechwood Park Airstrip
  • The Mineral Water Manufacturers of Markyate
  • Concerts
  • Air Raids
  • Radio
  • Markyate Forces' Parcels Fund

Number 5, published Winter 1994/5, contains articles on:

  • The Schools of Markyate
  • The Three Blackbirds, Flamstead
  • The Dunstable to Shafford Turnpike Road
  • Pigot and Co's Directory of Bedfordshire 1839
  • Auction Catalog 1855
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 3

Number 4, published Winter 1993/4, contains articles on:

  • The Road Names of Markyate, Part 3
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 2
  • Extract from the 'Holyhead Road', by Charles G. Harper
  • Pigot and Co's Directory of Bedfordshire 1830-1
  • The Particular Baptist Chapel in Markyate
  • The History of Motor Bus Services through Markyate
  • Extract from Dunno's Originals
  • Elkerton and Cheshire Families

Number 3, published Winter 1992/3, contains articles on:

  • The Road Names of Markyate, Part 2
  • The Old Field Names of Markyate, Part 1
  • Harvest Time
  • The Seventeenth Century Trade Token Coinage of Markyate
  • Hard Times
  • The Healeys of Markyate
  • Bedfordshire Directory 1823/4
  • Extract from the Caddington Glebe Terrier

Number 2, published Spring 1992, contains articles on:

  • The Road Names of Markyate, Part 1
  • The Pickfords of Markyate
  • The Bridens of Markyate
  • A5 in Markyate and the Markyate Bypass
  • 65 Years Ago
  • Bonners
  • Markyate Memories
  • A History of the Sebright School
  • More about the Hicks Lane Windmill
  • Markyate and Kensworth Parish Magazine 1898-1903
  • Flamstead - Its Church and History
  • Essential Reading for Markyate Historians

Number 1, published Summer 1991, contains articles on:

  • The Origin of the names Markyate and Humbershoe
  • Roman Tessara
  • History Unfolding
  • The Markyate Motor Tragedies
  • Jacobean Household Inventories
  • St Bartholomews Hospital Farm and Lands in Markyate
  • The Old Parishes of Markyate
  • The Sebrights and Cheverells
  • Markyate's Windmills
  • The Markyate Street Pope, a poem
  • The Effect of War on Agriculture around Markyate
  • The Old White Hart
  • Lieutenant-Colonel J. Stanhope Collings Wells, VC, DSO
  • Sale of the Manor of Humbershoe 1814